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these frocks are smart FOR WORK OR PLAY

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1938.

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AT THE OFFICE wool crepe or jersey

HE latest news from Paris points to an easy time for the home dress. maker. Lines for day dresses are simple and straightforward, with Just a hint of squarkness to the shoulders and sleeves that are long are close Atting with little or no trimming.

It's the colour and fabric used that will lend an air of expensiveness to your clothes. For early on I notice attractive jersey fabrics, boldly striped or with n small conventional patterned design in several colours.

A bunch of anemones will give you a heap of inspiration for colour schemes. Also those delightful fuchsia reds and mauves can be easily combined to give an. Individual colour note.

Black never outlives its usefulness, and It is very fashionable just now, but it inust be allled with a strong contrast of a purply or smoky blue, emerald or a subdued moss green, which is a favourite.

Other favourite hues will be those golden and reddish autumnal tints that you see when the trees are turning, mul- berry and plum red.

If you have just returned from your holidays your first need is a new office frock; if you have not yet taken your vacation you are perhaps still needing

ON HOLIDAY

cotton, linen or silk

short-sleeved frocks to fill in the gaps in your summer wardrobe.

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Styles that button down the front almost regulation in both wool and cotton frocks. In pattern No. 1180 is shown n new spaced button fastening: the foulders just squared sufficiently 10 give the military took to the top of the dress.

are

new

A jaunty spotted searf will give a sporty look to this dress if you make it in linen. With wool crepe or jersey for the office, wear a small piece of soft chiffon at the throat; this is a good way of introducing a smart contrast note. Size 30-in. bust takes 41% yds, 30-in. fabric, yd. 38-iu. contrast.

Stripes both for dresses and coat frock styles are strongly featured in the fabric world, and pattern No. 1107 is dress that really slims the figure. Envelope daps break the otherwise straight lines of the style which

has useful pleats in the skirt.

Here again a longsleeve is included in the pattern as it makes an excellent early autumn style in a warm material.

The same sizes are obtainable-34, 36, and 40-in. bust. Size 30-in. bust takes 54 yds. 36-in. fabric to make up.

WALK WELL

By A. Mannequin

TO matter how smartly you dress, case the has been taught that all

munner ur pretty your looks, you tion of mind with muscle.

will always appear "unfinished" un-

lest your walk is right. Quite plain

Rhythm and Regularity

girls who can walk with dignity and It is remarkable what a difference

grace create an impression for which

their better-equipped

without success.

' The rhythm helps you in rather n

band makes when you are model- sisters strive ling in a showroom or a theatre.

So many women are apt to con- curious way, because you dare not sider that a proper carriage and a keep time to it! If you do it ruins pleasing gait are "gifts." Since we your walking! But the

fact that

are born unable to walk, this state- there is a rhythm going on helps you ment is a little difficult to subatan- to move regularly.

tiate. If these people were honest Another point to remember is to with themselves they would agree keep your head up-you will notice that they have never taken the frou- that my advice is the reverse to that ble to walk properly.

of the golf professional. No one can

the

It is no more a "gift" than daucing jook dignified if her head is drcop- or plano-playing. Some of us have ing and her eyes sadly scan

bude for walking very art

well than others, but everyone hap

The Effect of Dad Eyesight

and model yourself on some-

la develop these talents or pay the one whose carriage and bearing you price. There is a parable about man admire. Watch the little paints na

differ which she and you

and

try who burled his talent

them out, marking the difference makes. Not only will your improved carriage impress others, but you will Many of the commonest causes of feel it acting like a tenie on yourself. bud walking can be quickly and You will be more confident in easily remedied-tight shoes, for in- yourself for one thing; and, further stance: badly fitting clothes,

bad more, it is

healthy to walk well. eyesight. Although

have never with your head thrown I

back-not seen a mannequin wearing glasses, too far, of course your lungs will many of the modern styles of frame have more room to expand, your are most becoming, and the wearing shoulders will straighten and your of them is preferable to peering back lose its curve. short-sightedly into

distance, the habit which causes an ugly stoop. The constant currying of an attache roon sounds silly, but it is very fine or heavy handbag, or con exercise. Standing on one leg and

case or

glomeration of parcels,

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The old game of baluncing books

on your head and walking round a

will also near

mr lifting the other straight out in front our walking, perhaps permanently, of you is another old favourite, and

My three essentials in walking « useful one. well are

Don't under physical fitness, comforuble

circumstances iny clothing, and a sense of balance. The overdo it. Girls who swing from the last is by far the most important, and hips are grund hiking companions, I believe that one of the best ways but they are not graceful walkeral of acquiring it is to take lessons in Try to get that easy carriage where dancing. Watch a trained dancor in you seem to glide without any effort. the street and see how smoothly and it may be difficult to attain, but it's rhythmically she moves, simply be well worth it!

When You Wear Black

A black dress is a stand-by in any wardrobe. With a change of acces Bortes it will appear eternally fresh and smart.

The dress sketched embodies new points that will appear in the autumn fashions. The material is silk jersey, that lovely fabric which drapes 50 beautifully.

The skirt is plented all round and the bodice plain and collarless, **Notice the sleeves which come just below the elbow and the buttons made

of black beetles!

Hats

The heart-shaped bag in black suede matches the belt and gloves. are going to tilt forward over the eyes and mount high at the back with nodding plumes this autumn.

The large white pique flower on the dress will be replaced by a fancy clip later on. Large pieces of jewellery, reminiscent of Victorian days, are worn by women in Paris and London. They look well with black frocks. Tiny watches with enamelled bows hang on the lapels of sulte, or else a fob or silver clasp is worn.

Lockets are strung on Âne chains and look attractive with the fashion- able Winterhalter evening gowns, while antique buckles give the right i sophisticated touch, to an otherwise plain, frock.

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IGHT summer sweets are twice as delicious if you serve them with clotted cream. But clotted cream is somewhat expen- sive you muy think.

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The green jersey frock has buttons all the way and a scarlet-spotted cruvat. Entclass-flaps trim the gairt-striped silk frock.

SERVE IT WITH CREAM

-Dressing Up.

Summer Sweets

handle as high as possible. The cream should be dick and event

comes

the as it

through You can, however, make it at home

machine. It it begins to run for an amazingly low cost, if you know through too quickly and is too the secret.

You make it from milk and unsalted thin, warm the mixture slightly,

wall again, and pump harder. Stork margarine in the proportions of stir

pint to halt a pound. (These Pour the cream into a wide earthen- quantities will make a pint).

ware pan and stand for two hours.

Then stand the casserole over a low heat the back of a coal range. for example-and heat gradually until the cream reaches the temperature of 190deg. F.

anit

Correct Texture

First warm the milk and the un- anted margarine together in a sauce- pan, until the margarine is melted. Cool the mixture to blood-heat and beat it with a fork to mix the mar- garine and milk well together.

Then pour it into your cream ma- chine and syringe it through picadiis, with a quick, hard stroke, raising the

MIDGE

"Look, Mummy! Here's a worm with a fur collar on!"

This should take about 40-50 minutes. If a gas cooker is used, the casserole should be stood in a pan of water first and heated gradually until the cream reaches a temperature of 180deg. F.

Then the casserole can be removed from the pan and heated over a sim mering ring until the cream reaches 100der. P.

Cool without removing from the car serole until the following day, when the cream will be found thick and clotted with the real clotted favour.

Loganberry Fool

These aweets are greatly improved by the addition of creain. Try lugan- berry fool-it's deliciousi

Pick and hull a pound of logan berries. pass them through a rieve, add caster sugar to taste, and a few drops of colouring.

Mix with thick home-made cream.

Peach Jelly

Fresh or inned peaches, apricots or any other suitable fruit, make this summer sweet which the children con- alder a trent. And the secret is the

combination of fresh fruit and cream. Put alices of peaches into a Jelly mould rinsed with cold water. If you have a mould with a well" at the Lop use thi

Meit an orange jelly and pour over the peaches, allowing the fruit to rise to the top. When set turn out and fill the well of the mould with thick cream

Cherry Delight

A delightful nutty flavour.

Stalk the cherries and gently simmer them in a little water and sugar, unt!! the stonea come away from the frulz. Pass through a sleve, add the juice of an orange. then mix with cream.

Apple Snow

Healthy and delicious.

Paze, core and thinly slice b. apples, stew them until pulpy, with sugar to taste, and cloves or a little krated nutmeg. then pass through a ine sieve

Add the juice of an orange, then mix with cream.

Banana Pie

Nourishing dish for the chlidren. Peet five bananas, cut in halves, and arrange in a buttered dish.

Sprinkle with two tablespoonfuls of sugar, add a few dabs of butter, and the juice of an orange and lemon. Bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes. Serve with clotted cream.

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